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...billion domestic-appliances and personal-care unit of Royal Philips Electronics wants more Americans to know that the Dutch giant owns such brands as Norelco (shavers), Sonicare (toothbrushes) and Senseo (coffee makers). "Branding is a priority for this company," says the Italian-born Andrea Ragnetti, 45, who also serves as Philips' first marketing officer ever and has worked in marketing for Telecom Italia and Procter & Gamble. His experience will come in handy. At the top of his agenda: a $13 million ad campaign in the U.S. --By Dody Tsiantar
...case, armor. It's an indication of the strains on today's military that West Point has changed the rules surrounding branching. Starting with the class of '02, anyone who chose to specialize in back-office fields like finance would still be required to serve first in a combat unit. Not coincidentally, the number of finance officers graduating from West Point this year matches an all-time low: two. Cadets get to pick their branches in order of their class rank; once the most desirable fields, like aviation and Medical Service Corps, are filled, the other cadets are assigned...
...Firstie Club, a rarity for him. He sips his beer as others gulp. Cadets from his company squeeze into the booth and talk excitedly. Some look back: Remember the kid who brought a skateboard to Air Assault School? Others look ahead. Pae is looking forward to posting to his unit in Germany. Great weekend trips. His parents had wanted him to post to Korea, but Pae resisted. Units in Korea are just as likely as units in Germany to deploy to Iraq, he told them. What Pae didn't tell his parents was just how ready he felt...
...provide a magnet to students...so that they can launch their own enterprises, or they can become second-generation leaders in enterprises that are already underway,” said David R. Gergen, who is the director of the KSG’s Center for Public Leadership, the unit spearheading the program...
Cook’s two ships returned to England sans Cook, and Ledyard went back to his garrison. Feeling trapped in the rigid military, Ledyard deserted when his unit was stationed in Long Island for the Revolution. “Bound by the conventional and the ordinary, he would revolt,” Zug writes. Having quickly spent his navy pay, the poor Ledyard wrote a popular memoir of his voyage with Cook in an effort to drum up support among potential donors for a fur-trading expedition. Ledyard stirred up an interested group, but corruption abounded and Ledyard...